Puente Alto
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Coordinates: 33 ° 37 ′ S , 70 ° 35 ′ W
Puente Alto on the map of Chile
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| Country | Chile |
| City foundation | 1898 |
| Residents | 568.094 (2017) |
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| height | 673 m |
Puente Alto is a municipality in Chile with 568,094 inhabitants (as of 2017) and is not far from the capital Santiago de Chile . It is located in the Gran Santiago agglomeration . Puente Alto is the capital of the Cordillera Province in the Región Metropolitana de Santiago .
history
The commune was founded at the end of the 19th century under the name Las Arañas .
Puente Alto was founded by decree of January 8, 1898 and was the capital of the Cordillera Province on September 3, 1958.
Population development
| year | population |
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| 1982 | 110,099 |
| 1992 | 254.127 |
| 2002 | 492,603 |
| 2017 | 568.094 |
economy
For the largest paper mill in Chile in the 1930s in Puente Alto, the German company Siemens-Schuckertwerke built a new power plant and modernized the existing power plant. Wine is also grown in the region .
Metro line 4, which connects the city to the capital's network, was completed in March 2006 . A total of five metro stations - Plaza de Punte Alto, Elisa Correa and the three stations in between - are located in the urban area
sons and daughters of the town
- Soledad Alvear (* 1950), Chilean politician
- Charles Aránguiz (* 1989), football player
Picture gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ German power plant for the largest paper mill in Chile . In: HELIOS Export Trade Journals of Electricity and Radio, Leipzig and Vienna, Volume 39, No. 25 of June 18, 1933, p. 198 digitized
